Naftaly has a BSc in Food Science and Technology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya; a trained and certified QGIS professional from a collaborative training by UNESCO and the IHE Delft Institute of Water Education in the Netherlands, April 2021; a trained and certified CISCO Networking Associate from Kenyatta University’s CISCO Networking Academy, 2013. He has completed and been awarded a certificate on Marine Spatial Planning by the OIC-UNESCO, 2020. 

He is a member of the Food Science Platform of Kenya (FoSTEP-K), which is a member of the International Union of Food Scientists and Technologists (IUFoST); a member of the British Ecological Society (BES); a member of the International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR); and a member of the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE). 

He has published in the Journal of Lakes and Reservoirs and has pre-prints available in the Open Science Framework (OSF). He has participated and presented in the hybrid 3^rd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (AAPHCE) organized by the African Union, Addis Ababa, September 2021; and the 9^th Great Lakes of the World Conference (GLOW-IX) organized by Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kisumu, 2019. 

He has participated in several local and regional scientific projects, among them; Small Fish for Food Security, a project in Kenya, Uganda and Ghana, funded jointly by the EU under LEAP-Agri and NRF-Kenya (2019-2022); and the Aquaculture Business Development Project to promote Fish for Health and Wealth, funded by the World Bank under FAO-IFAD (2020-date).

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-m-naftaly-532330131/ 
• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-1425